lesbo
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See also: Lesbo
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛzbəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛzboʊ/
Noun
lesbo (plural lesbos)
Translations
lesbian — see lesbian
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lesbo f (plural lesbo's)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
lesbo (accusative singular lesbon, plural lesboj, accusative plural lesbojn)
- (neologism) a lesbian
- Synonyms: gejino, lesbanino, safismulino, samseksemulino
- 2000, Joao Manoel Aguilera Junior, “Esperanto en geja parado”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, numbers 8-9:
- [E]sperantistoj en la 4a Parado de Geja Fiero en San-Paŭlo (Brazilo) portis sloganrubandon: “Esperanto, Lingvo Internacia, unuiganta la G.L.S-komunumon” (gejoj, lesboj kaj simpatiantoj).
- Esperantists in the 4th Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo (Brazil) carried a banner: "Esperanto, International Language, unifying the G.L.S. community" (gays, lesbians, and supporters).
Hypernyms
- gejo (“gay”)
- samseksemulo (“homosexual”)
Derived terms
See also
- samseksemo (“homosexuality”)
Finnish
Etymology
Back-formation from lesbolainen (“lesbian”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lesbo
Declension
| Inflection of lesbo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lesbo | lesbot | ||
| genitive | lesbon | lesbojen | ||
| partitive | lesboa | lesboja | ||
| illative | lesboon | lesboihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | lesbo | lesbot | ||
| accusative | nom. | lesbo | lesbot | |
| gen. | lesbon | |||
| genitive | lesbon | lesbojen | ||
| partitive | lesboa | lesboja | ||
| inessive | lesbossa | lesboissa | ||
| elative | lesbosta | lesboista | ||
| illative | lesboon | lesboihin | ||
| adessive | lesbolla | lesboilla | ||
| ablative | lesbolta | lesboilta | ||
| allative | lesbolle | lesboille | ||
| essive | lesbona | lesboina | ||
| translative | lesboksi | lesboiksi | ||
| abessive | lesbotta | lesboitta | ||
| instructive | — | lesboin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
- (lesbian): lepakko (slang), homonainen (rare)
Derived terms
compounds
See also
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “lesbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02